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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1907
Page
8
The Bluefield health officer corrects a widespread impression of meningitis in the area stating there are no cases within city limits. He urges confirmation by authorities if any suspected cases exist, insisting they would know.
Bland Street Church offers Sabbath School at 9 50 a m with Messrs Bruner and Marks supervising Public worship at 11 a m and 8 p m Pastor D Emory Hawk preaching Morning topic Then Minister and His Message Evening topic The Miniature Mast Tree Saved Under Difficulty J A Hearn of Washington presiding on the organ Pews open strangers welcome Odd Fellows Memorial Service at 3 00 o clock with Rev Mr Moss delivering the annual sermon
A Bluefield resident shares a simple method to deter garden pests. Collect old tomato stems, place them in a vessel, cover with hot water, and simmer to create a spray. The solution is said to drive away bugs and worms from trees.
A Daily Telegraph reader reports repeated morning paper thefts. To catch the trespasser he rigged a curtain beard camera and plans to publish a halftone image if theft continues.
The wife of G. W. Roten, colored, died at their Coopertown home after a lingering illness. Her remains will be taken to Tazewell today for interment.
In The Sul tan and His Subjects the author clarifies practices of entering mosques. Shoes removed for cleanliness. boots allowed when wearing galaches. The Koran permits all to enter mosques regardless of religion, a belief once used to welcome converts. Noting only Eyab mosque in Constantinople barred a giaour.
A passage describes how lenses reveal astonishing forms in common items. Grain cavities host insect-like shapes. mold resembles a forest. butterflies appear feathered. hairs become pithy tubes with scales. human skin shows fish-like scales. each grain of sand bears hundreds of scales and pores.
Biographer states Tennyson wrote Crossing the Bar in his eighty first year after a visit from Aldworth to Farringford noting its meaning of the bar and its place as the poem’s crown. A mother recalls charity and a son boasts of kind acts including giving a hat and shoes to the poor.
London Tit-Bits notes a humorous exchange about posing for a portrait. Jay Green complains he is bowlegged and cannot keep knees hidden while smiling. The gag highlights tension between posture and expression in early fashion photography.
The dialogue mocks a phrase meaning “back to nature” by two quips about a man under a car and another about a man falling from a baboon. The language satirically contrasts rustic ideals with everyday mishaps observed by Angyl Child-Father and Angel Child-Father.
Roanoke Virginia reports that John Hardy, condemned for the Beard murder, learned the governor denied his appeal and faces execution next Friday in the jail enclosure where Henry Williams was hanged. Hardy remains resigned yet grateful to his attorneys, saying he is prepared to meet his fate.
Charleston June 8 J M Hart postmaster at Ulma Reane county facing trial for robbing registered mail pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in circuit court. Judge Kever sentenced him to pay a $500 fine and to serve a cc year term in Kanawha county jail The stolen amount from the registered mail was $15.
Advertisement lists fresh vegetables cauliflower tomatoes new potatoes squash spinach string beans lettuce onions and more for sale at Sublette and Barnes dated 6 6 31. Also notes help wanted for a cook or house girl and suggests placing a classified ad in the Telegraph.
Engineers expect operation of the New Haven road by electricity within a month with direct current from Grand Central to Woodlawn and alternating current from Woodlawn to Stamford, about 13 or 14 miles. Westinghouse locomotives allow quick transfer between systems at speed. The New Haven power station is complete with 3 000 kilowatt Parsons turbines delivering 11 000 horsepower.
All members of the Odd Fellows and Rebecca lodges are urged to meet at the Red Men's Hall at 2 this afternoon to attend church together. Regalia will be found at the hall. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills advertised for urinary troubles and kidney issues with a week’s treatment priced at 25 cents.
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